Sep2025
A decade of footy fans and faith
by Linden and Janet Huxtable
What started in 2015 as a simple but unique idea – using the LCA Churchwide Office car park on Ward Street in North Adelaide to raise funds during AFL games – grew into a decade-long faith outreach that welcomed thousands of footy fans and raised nearly $90,000 for our Lutheran Church ministries.
Sep2025
Celebrating the Season of Prayer
Each year, the LCANZ facilitates a Season of Prayer, inviting and calling on congregations to pray. This year, the Season of Prayer is scheduled for 5 to 19 October, and, as in previous years, the theme is ‘Lord, renew your church’. Here are some suggestions for celebrating the Season of Prayer.
Sep2025
The wisdom and knowledge of God
by Neil Bergmann
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgements, and his paths beyond tracing out! (Romans 11:33)
Sep2025
Hope in a showbag!
Are you planning a community or church event for families? Messages of hope’s ‘Hope for kids’ showbags are a fantastic resource to give away to primary school-aged children.
Sep2025
Reaching out – one friend at a time
by Craig Heidenreich
Sometimes, ‘mission’ is as simple as sharing a meal, asking a question or becoming a friend. That’s what members of St Paul Lutheran Church in Blair Athol in suburban Adelaide have discovered as they reach out to migrants from India and Afghanistan – one conversation at a time.
Sep2025
Grafted onto the tree
by Neil Bergmann
Do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: you do not support the root, but the root supports you (Romans 11:18).
